User guide

Logging Into the Switch Quick Steps for Logging Into the Switch
OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Switch Management Guide May 2014 page 1-3
Quick Steps for Logging Into the Switch
The following procedure will guide you through connecting to the switch using the micro USB console
connection.
1 Download and install the USB to UART device driver on your laptop/device. See “Accessing the
micro USB Console Port” on page 1-6.
2 Connect the OmniSwitch to the USB port of your device using the included micro USB to USB cable.
3 The OmniSwitch will be recognized as a new device and assigned a COM port.
4 Use your terminal emulation program to assign the OmniSwitch to the appropriate COM port.
5 At the login prompt, enter the default admin as the username and switch as the password or any valid
username and password. The switch’s welcome banner will display, followed by the CLI prompt.
Welcome to the Alcatel-Lucent OS6860 8.1.1.R01, April 05, 2014.
Copyright(c), 1994-2014 Alcatel-Lucent. All Rights reserved.
OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent registered in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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You are now logged into the CLI. For information about changing the welcome banner, see “Modifying
the Login Banner” on page 1-16.
For information about changing the login prompt, see Chapter 4, “Using the CLI.”
For information about setting up additional user accounts locally on the switch, see Chapter 6, “Managing
Switch User Accounts.”